Necrotizing soft tissue infections caused by Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis of groups C and G in western Norway

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Bruun, T ^a,b   Kittang, B R ^a,c   de Hoog, B J ^b   Aardal, S ^b   Flaatten, H K ^a,b   Langeland, N ^a,b   Mylvaganam, H ^b   Vindenes, H A ^b   Skrede, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Haraldsplass Deaconal Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

emm gene; Invasive; Necrotizing fasciitis; Necrotizing soft tissue infections; Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis; Streptococcus pyogenes; Superantigens; haemolytic streptococci

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; EMM1 GENE; EMM3 GENE; EMM4 GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NECROTIZING SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SUBSP. EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EMM GENE; INVASIVE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NECROTIZING SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SUBSP. EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPERANTIGENS; Β-HAEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPERANTIGENS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888073651     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12276     Document Type: Article

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